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No. 606,910. Patented July 5, |898. L. B. BASSETT & E. E. CASTLE.

SLEEPING CAR.

(Application med Feb. 14, 1898.)

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No. 606,9ID. YPatented July 5, |898. L. B. BASSETT E. E. CASTLE.

SLEEPING- CAB.

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LSTON B. BASSETT AND ELMER E. CASTLE, OF NORVICH, NEW YORK SAID CASTLEASSIGNOR TO SAID BASSETT.

SLEEPING-CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent'No. 606,910, dated July 5,1898.

Application filed February 14,1895?.l Serial No. 670,288. (No model.)

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Be it known that we, LIsToN B. BAssE'rr and ELMER E. CASTLE, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Norwich, in the county of Chenango andState of New York, have invented certain new and usefullmprovements inSleeping-Cars; and We do declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invei1tion,such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain new and nsefulimprovements insleeping-cars, and especially to the provision of an arrangement wherebythe lower section may be converted into a conch when the berths are notmade up to provide a seat between the oppositely-disposed seats of thesection or may be readily removed, if desired, forming the ordinaryarrangement of seats in the section.

A further part of the invention resides in the provision of aconvertible or rolling hood that acts as a covering to the upper berthand at the same time acting as a protection against draft'coniing fromthe ventilator-windows in the top of the car upon the person sleeping inthe upper berth, and by the adjustment of the said hood the supply ofair may be regulated, taking out all the foul air which accumrnulates inthe upper part of the said car.

A still further part ofv the invention resides in the provision of meansfor holding the hinged backs of the car-seats in a horizontal positionwhen they are arranged to form the bed for the upper berth, in whichconstruction trusses are held underneath the swinging edges of the backsto hold them securelyv in a horizontal position.

Our invention will be more clearly under-V stood when taken inconnection with the drawings which forin a part of this application, inwhich the details of construction will be fully described, andspecifically defined in the appended claims.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings,which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of thisapplication, and in which drawings-- Figure 1 is a perspective View of aportion of a sleeping-car, showing a section with the berth made up anda portion of a section of the sleeper, showing a berth folded forming aseat. Fig. 2 isa detail view showing the hood which slides laterallyunder JLhe roof of the car. Fig. 3 is a perspective View looking at theunder side of the berth, showing the manner of supporting same. Fig. 4Eis a detail in perspective of one of the seats and slitted cushions heldthereto. Fig. 5 is a top plan view of two seats with connectingcouch-cushion.

Reference being now had to the details of the drawings by letter, A Adesignate the hinged backs of the lower-section seats, which are pivotedat their upper ends to the section and adapted to swing ont into ahorizontal position where they may be held when the upper berth is to bemade up for a ,bottom to the same. Underneath each of the said pivotedbacks are the eyes A', into which the ends of the trusses B are adaptedto engage to form a support for the swinging ends of the backs when in ahorizontal position. Directly over the back of the seat C is a cleat orprojecting portion D, and E is a hinged partition-secti on which ishinged to the iiXed portion E', which hinged sections iill up the entirespace between the wall of the carandthe aisle,and the said hingedsection is adapted to fold back upon the fixed section when the berthsare closed u p. VIn order to make the section more exclusive, theslidingboard F is inserted in the space intervening between the said hinged andiiXed partitions and the upper end of the back of the seats, the upperend of the said board traveling in a groove in the under edges of thesaid sections, whereby the hinged section is held open. Y

Mounted between the cleats D, secured to the ceilingof the ear, and onthenpper curved margin of the fixed and hinged partitions E and E is therolling or sliding hoodG, which may be slid back underneath the curvedroof of the car or may be drawn forward, so as to cut off any drafts ofair which might come from the Ventilating-Windews upon the upper berth.This hood also serves as a ventilator,

in that it maybe so adjusted as to cut off the supply or allow the foulair` to jes-cape from the berthsthrough the ventilatngvnjindows.

This hood may have, if desired, a handle, whereby it may bo rolled backand forth conveniently.

The seats of the section are each mounted on the side cleats II, andcushions II are provided, which are slitted at K and have the straps K2secured to the under side of the seats, each seat having pivoted toitsunder side a button M, which when a couch is to be made up in thesection is turned out to form a support for the front edge of thecouch-seat N. This couch-seat has its ends supported on the cross-piecesO, underneath the front edges of the seats, and when the couch-seat isadjusted in place one of the flaps of the said cushion covers the saine,and the second Y 'flap of the cushion of each seat will fall down in theposition illustrated in the drawings,

thus forming a cushion or couch which will the partitions dividing thesections, of a sliding hood mounted on said partitions adapted to form acover to the outer portion of the berth, as set forth.

2. In a sleeping-car, the combination with the partitions dividing thecar into sections, each of the said partitions having a hinged and fixedportion, and grooved on the lower edges, and a board designed to slidein said groove to hold the sectional partition open, and the slidinghood mounted on the upper ends of the partitions adapted to form a coverfor the exposed part of the berth, as set forth.

3. In a sleeping-car the combination with the seats of the section, thebuttons secured to the forward edges of each seat, the couchseat adaptedto rest on said buttons, and cleats supporting the seats, thecushions,each of which is slitted, forming two iiaps, one of which isadapted to form a cushion for the adjustable couch-seat, and the strapsoonnecting the cushion to the under side of the said seat, as shown anddescribed..

In testimony whereof we aiiix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

LISTON B. BASSETT. ELMER E. CASTLE. \Vitn' esses:

II. A. DUNCAN, Guo. II. BALDWIN.

